Skills Taught
- Helping people learn and understand road law, and gain a Learner Permit.
- Helping learners understand the purpose of the Hazard Perception Test. The HPT is an observation and reaction test, and you click on the mouse button to give your reaction.
- To give the new learner the skills and confidence to brake, accelerate and steer without having a crash. This enables the learner driver to safely operate a vehicle when practicing under supervision.
- To further develop the skills of the learner driver, such as
- Lane changing
- Intersection approach
- Anticipation of hazards
- Freeway entry
- Night driving
- Shopping centre parking
- Defensive skills
- Preparation for drive test, understanding and driving to test criteria. Mirror checking and observation skills are a major test issue.
- Auto to manual. The following skills are vital when learning how to drive a manual car.
- Selecting the correct gear
- Getting and keeping the correct ‘revs’
- Holding the clutch at ‘friction’
Slow learners and those with learning difficulties have special challenges. Freedom Driver instructors are patient and skilled at understanding and meeting their learning needs.
Skills Taught – Driving School Dandenong
